Colombia vs Mexico: Military personnel

Colombia
256,000 people
in 2022
Mexico
216,000 people
in 2022
Colombia rank
20th
Mexico rank
23rd

Military personnel over time

  • Colombia
  • Mexico
0100.0k200.0k300.0k183119262022

How they compare

Colombia currently reports 256,000 people against 216,000 people in Mexico, a difference of 40,000 people.

That makes Colombia's figure about 1.2 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 186 shared years of data; in 1831 it was Mexico ahead.

Colombia ranks 20th and Mexico ranks 23rd of 194 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Military personnel
Unit
people
Source
Correlates of War - National Material Capabilities Version 7.0 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 15,765 data points, 1816–2022
Last refreshed

Troops under the command of the national government, intended for use against foreign adversaries, and held ready for combat as of January 1 of the given year.